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Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by exabrial »

hermitdev wrote: post #19

The obvious political slant is obvious. > There has been some talk about even the US restarting its nuclear testing under President Trump, but this is largely speculation mixed with hyperbole. > The first detection of the isotope came during the second week of January, via an air sampling station located in Svanhovd. Both of the above quotes are from the article. Trump didn't assume office until 1/20/17. The THIRD we…

Yes, but the article immediately acknowledges those are fringe theories:

> A more likely possibility is that some sort of limited nuclear material storage, research, or power generation incident has occurred

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by toyg »

hermitdev wrote: post #19

The obvious political slant is obvious. > There has been some talk about even the US restarting its nuclear testing under President Trump, but this is largely speculation mixed with hyperbole. > The first detection of the isotope came during the second week of January, via an air sampling station located in Svanhovd. Both of the above quotes are from the article. Trump didn't assume office until 1/20/17. The THIRD we…

To be honest, I didn't detect any slant at all. There is basically no suggestion anywhere that the US might be involved in this, with all probabilities pointing to Russian involvement; that line about Trump seems added more to dismiss any US involvement than to point fingers.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by liquidise »

hermitdev wrote: post #20
exabrial wrote: post #11

I do have to complement the authors of this article. It presents the facts and leaves out political rhetoric and noise. I'm pleased with the title too; if the article were featured on a mainstream news site in the USA, it would have declared it as a definitive event and give a list of what products to buy from their advertisers.

> I do have to complement the authors of this article. Why? for blatantly lying and misrepresenting facts such as Trump was president when these "tests" took place? > It presents the facts and leaves out political rhetoric and noise. It does the exact opposite: it portends to lay out facts, but instead it lies about which president under which these "tests" occurred, so everything else they state is suspect.

Did i miss something? The only mention i can see to Trump in the piece is:

> There has been some talk about even the US restarting its nuclear testing under President Trump, but this is largely speculation mixed with hyperbole.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by synicalx »

lgessler wrote: post #18
qeternity wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's one thing to be inexperienced. It's entirely another to be this incompetent.

Where is the line to be drawn? Should the line remain there for everyone even if people vary in endowment in natural ability, opportunity for experience, and access to education?

The line is drawn when you make a site, test it, notice that it runs like a pig, and then think to yourself "You know what, this is fine". There's an obvious difference between an honest mistake and just plain incompetence with a dash of lazy.

I'm all for equal opportunities and whatever, but when the bar gets set too low then we all suffer.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by thaumasiotes »

lgessler wrote: post #18
qeternity wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's one thing to be inexperienced. It's entirely another to be this incompetent.

Where is the line to be drawn? Should the line remain there for everyone even if people vary in endowment in natural ability, opportunity for experience, and access to education?

Are you any less incompetent if your genetics don't allow you to be competent? Why would the line move if people vary in endowment in natural ability?

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by hermitdev »

liquidise wrote: post #23
hermitdev wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I do have to complement the authors of this article. Why? for blatantly lying and misrepresenting facts such as Trump was president when these "tests" took place? > It presents the facts and leaves out political rhetoric and noise. It does the exact opposite: it portends to lay out facts, but instead it lies about which president under which these "tests" occurred, so everything else they state is suspect.

Did i miss something? The only mention i can see to Trump in the piece is: > There has been some talk about even the US restarting its nuclear testing under President Trump, but this is largely speculation mixed with hyperbole.

That's fair, I may have over-reacted.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by astrodust »

exabrial wrote: post #21
hermitdev wrote: post #19

The obvious political slant is obvious. > There has been some talk about even the US restarting its nuclear testing under President Trump, but this is largely speculation mixed with hyperbole. > The first detection of the isotope came during the second week of January, via an air sampling station located in Svanhovd. Both of the above quotes are from the article. Trump didn't assume office until 1/20/17. The THIRD we…

Yes, but the article immediately acknowledges those are fringe theories: > A more likely possibility is that some sort of limited nuclear material storage, research, or power generation incident has occurred

What about a nuclear reactor incident on board a ship or submarine?

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by arnorhs »

mattdeboard wrote: post #16
tomxor wrote: post #5

Watchout, this site is a disgrace... maxes out my CPU, it's just text for fuck sake what are they doing bitcoin mining in javascript?

Heh, was playing Overwatch with this tab open, frames dropped by 50%. Wondered what the hell it was.

100% same for me, same game, same behavior.. didn't really think about it until you mentioned it.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by wyager »

lgessler wrote: post #18
qeternity wrote: post #14

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's one thing to be inexperienced. It's entirely another to be this incompetent.

Where is the line to be drawn? Should the line remain there for everyone even if people vary in endowment in natural ability, opportunity for experience, and access to education?

If you don't understand how to write acceptable Javascript, don't use Javascript for your website. It's really not necessary for a website hosting news articles, blog posts, or other static content.

Re: Has There Been a Nuclear Incident in the Arctic?

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Post by alexeldeib »

astrodust wrote: post #27
exabrial wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but the article immediately acknowledges those are fringe theories: > A more likely possibility is that some sort of limited nuclear material storage, research, or power generation incident has occurred

What about a nuclear reactor incident on board a ship or submarine?

The article mentions sunken Soviet nuclear submarines and reactor cores as possible contributors.
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